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Top Films from Selected Art Directors

Richard Day

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 On the Waterfront 1954 Elia Kazan 79
2 A Streetcar Named Desire 1951 Elia Kazan 237
3 The Grapes of Wrath 1940 John Ford 273
4 Greed 1924 Erich von Stroheim 473
5 The Ox-Bow Incident 1942 William A. Wellman 701
6 Miracle on 34th Street 1947 George Seaton 807
7 How Green Was My Valley 1941 John Ford 895
8 Young Mr. Lincoln 1939 John Ford 1332
9 Force of Evil 1948 Abraham Polonsky 1354
10 Dodsworth 1936 William Wyler 1669
11 The Ghost and Mrs. Muir 1947 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 1791
12 Stella Dallas 1937 King Vidor 2022

Hans Dreier

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Sunset Blvd. 1950 Billy Wilder 41
2 Double Indemnity 1944 Billy Wilder 51
3 Duck Soup 1933 Leo McCarey 129
4 The Lady Eve 1941 Preston Sturges 239
5 Sullivan's Travels 1941 Preston Sturges 389
6 Trouble in Paradise 1932 Ernst Lubitsch 540
7 The Lost Weekend 1945 Billy Wilder 892
8 The Palm Beach Story 1942 Preston Sturges 1119
9 A Place in the Sun 1951 George Stevens 1258
10 Make Way for Tomorrow 1937 Leo McCarey 1279
11 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 1931 Rouben Mamoulian 1289
12 Love Me Tonight 1932 Rouben Mamoulian 1349
13 Wings 1927 William A. Wellman 1419
14 The Scarlet Empress 1934 Josef von Sternberg 1434
15 Island of Lost Souls 1932 Erle C. Kenton 1735
16 It's a Gift 1934 Norman Z. McLeod 1777
17 Shanghai Express 1932 Josef von Sternberg 1827
18 The Miracle of Morgan's Creek 1943 Preston Sturges 1843
19 Ruggles of Red Gap 1935 Leo McCarey 2057
20 Design for Living 1933 Ernst Lubitsch 2304
21 Hail the Conquering Hero 1944 Preston Sturges 2340
22 The Last Command 1928 Josef von Sternberg 2405
23 The Uninvited 1944 Lewis Allen 2410
24 Road to Morocco 1942 David Butler 2561
25 Going My Way 1944 Leo McCarey 2671
26 Holiday Inn 1942 Mark Sandrich 2777
27 Midnight 1939 Mitchell Leisen 2802
28 The Docks of New York 1928 Josef von Sternberg 2837
29 One Hour with You 1932 Ernst Lubitsch 3046

Cedric Gibbons

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Singin' in the Rain 1952 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 7
2 The Wizard of Oz 1939 Victor Fleming 9
3 The Philadelphia Story 1940 George Cukor 126
4 Freaks 1932 Tod Browning 247
5 The Shop around the Corner 1940 Ernst Lubitsch 260
6 Meet Me in St. Louis 1944 Vincente Minnelli 284
7 Forbidden Planet 1956 Fred M. Wilcox 401
8 An American in Paris 1951 Vincente Minnelli 405
9 Greed 1924 Erich von Stroheim 473
10 A Night at the Opera 1935 Sam Wood 500
11 The Band Wagon 1953 Vincente Minnelli 542
12 Ninotchka 1939 Ernst Lubitsch 573
13 The Thin Man 1934 W.S. Van Dyke 630
14 The Asphalt Jungle 1950 John Huston 641
15 Adam's Rib 1949 George Cukor 880
16 Bad Day at Black Rock 1955 John Sturges 883
17 On the Town 1949 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 1023
18 The Naked Spur 1953 Anthony Mann 1042
19 The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946 Tay Garnett 1112
20 Mutiny on the Bounty 1935 Frank Lloyd 1211
21 Gaslight 1944 George Cukor 1280
22 The Women 1939 George Cukor 1294
23 The Bad and the Beautiful 1952 Vincente Minnelli 1310
24 National Velvet 1944 Clarence Brown 1388
25 Seven Brides for Seven Brothers 1954 Stanley Donen 1392
26 Mrs. Miniver 1942 William Wyler 1546
27 They Were Expendable 1945 John Ford 1642
28 Grand Hotel 1932 Edmund Goulding 1662
29 Fury 1936 Fritz Lang 1708
30 Captains Courageous 1937 Victor Fleming 1799
31 Battleground 1949 William A. Wellman 1926
32 Blackboard Jungle 1955 Richard Brooks 1942
33 Hallelujah! 1929 King Vidor 1969
34 Cabin in the Sky 1943 Vincente Minnelli 1970
35 Easter Parade 1948 Charles Walters 2026
36 The Merry Widow 1934 Ernst Lubitsch 2114
37 Woman of the Year 1942 George Stevens 2119
38 Camille 1936 George Cukor 2264
39 High Society 1956 Charles Walters 2439
40 Thirty Seconds over Tokyo 1944 Mervyn LeRoy 2458
41 The Picture of Dorian Gray 1945 Albert Lewin 2507
42 Kiss Me Kate 1953 George Sidney 2605
43 It's Always Fair Weather 1955 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 2645
44 Anchors Aweigh 1945 George Sidney 2651
45 David Copperfield 1935 George Cukor 2664
46 The Broadway Melody 1929 Harry Beaumont 2682
47 Lust for Life 1956 Vincente Minnelli 2818
48 Quo Vadis 1951 Mervyn LeRoy 2936
49 The Good Earth 1937 Sidney Franklin 2992
50 San Francisco 1936 W.S. Van Dyke 3018

Hal Pereira

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Vertigo 1958 Alfred Hitchcock 15
2 Rear Window 1954 Alfred Hitchcock 37
3 Double Indemnity 1944 Billy Wilder 51
4 Roman Holiday 1953 William Wyler 203
5 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance 1962 John Ford 230
6 Breakfast at Tiffany's 1961 Blake Edwards 326
7 Shane 1953 George Stevens 410
8 Ace in the Hole 1951 Billy Wilder 510
9 Stalag 17 1953 Billy Wilder 544
10 The Ten Commandments 1956 Cecil B. DeMille 603
11 Funny Face 1957 Stanley Donen 898
12 Hud 1963 Martin Ritt 1037
13 The War of the Worlds 1953 Byron Haskin 1053
14 The Odd Couple 1968 Gene Saks 1091
15 Sabrina 1954 Billy Wilder 1240
16 The Court Jester 1955 Melvin Frank and Norman Panama 1333
17 The Man Who Knew Too Much 1956 Alfred Hitchcock 1465
18 One-Eyed Jacks 1961 Marlon Brando 1507
19 White Christmas 1954 Michael Curtiz 1610
20 To Catch a Thief 1955 Alfred Hitchcock 1743
21 The Nutty Professor 1963 Jerry Lewis 2138
22 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral 1957 John Sturges 2403
23 The Trouble with Harry 1955 Alfred Hitchcock 2426
24 When Worlds Collide 1951 Rudolph Maté 2613
25 El Dorado 1966 Howard Hawks 2643
26 Barefoot in the Park 1967 Gene Saks 2772

Lyle R. Wheeler

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Gone with the Wind 1939 Victor Fleming 31
2 All about Eve 1950 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 64
3 The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951 Robert Wise 298
4 Rebecca 1940 Alfred Hitchcock 311
5 Laura 1944 Otto Preminger 408
6 My Darling Clementine 1946 John Ford 450
7 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 Howard Hawks 673
8 An Affair to Remember 1957 Leo McCarey 900
9 Pickup on South Street 1953 Samuel Fuller 939
10 Twelve O'Clock High 1949 Henry King 1094
11 The Gunfighter 1950 Henry King 1178
12 The King and I 1956 Walter Lang 1315
13 The Seven Year Itch 1955 Billy Wilder 1317
14 The Fly 1958 Kurt Neumann 1515
15 Nightmare Alley 1947 Edmund Goulding 1844
16 Leave Her to Heaven 1945 John M. Stahl 1954
17 Bigger than Life 1956 Nicholas Ray 2028
18 The Girl Can't Help It 1956 Frank Tashlin 2562
19 Unfaithfully Yours 1948 Preston Sturges 2580
20 A Letter to Three Wives 1949 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 2602
21 Wild River 1960 Elia Kazan 2719
22 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1945 Elia Kazan 2787
23 Broken Arrow 1950 Delmer Daves 2807
24 The Robe 1953 Henry Koster 2811
25 How to Marry a Millionaire 1953 Jean Negulesco 2937
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